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JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Ahmad Jamal - Quiet Time (Phantom ) Amanda Carr / Kenny Hadley Big Band - Common Thread (Orig. Music Service ) Ashling - Sweet Feelings (San Francisco Records/City Hal ) Bamboos - Step It Up (P-Vine Japan/Zoom ) Billy May - May Time (Montpellier ) Billy May / Rico Mambo Orchestra - Maytime ( ) Billy May / Rico Mambo Orchestra - May Time ( ) Billy Orchestra May - Maytime (Montpellier/City Hall ) Bobby...
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
I just fell in love with Ella Mae Morse again. You will, too. Just follow the instructions of the old computer master.
bebop spoken here (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Colin has put together a collection of 40s/50s onwards, mainly big band clips, on YouTube that are well worth taking a look at. I was delighted to see and hear Johnny Desmond singing "Polka Dots and Moonbeams with the Ray McKinley Band of the 1950s. There's even a clip of Ivy Benson and her all-girls band. Ivy could play a fair bit alto à la Jimmy Dorsey. Nice one Colin. Lance.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
NEW YORK, June 5 (UPI) -- Famed New Orleans-born jazz and R&B musician Sam Butera has died in Las Vegas his family said. He was 81. Butera, who played saxophone with singer-songwriter-musician Louis Prima for more than 20 years and later became a successful bandleader, died Wednesday, The New York Times reported. Butera began playing the saxophone when he was 7, became a professional musician...
Geezer Music Club (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
I guess it’s just how things work sometimes, but it’s not unusual for talented musicians to sometimes be more remembered for their association with a big name than for their own abilities. A case could be made that Ray McKinley’s history with Glenn Miller fits that profile. The two were good friends whose paths often [...]
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
His longest gig was the decade he spent leading his buddy's band. I guess it's just how things work sometimes, but it's not unusual for talented musicians to sometimes be more remembered for their association with a big name than for their own abilities. A case could be made that Ray McKinley's history with Glenn Miller fits that profile. The two were good friends whose paths often crossed during...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/28/2009
Marcy Lutes' first solo recording as a vocalist was her last. After 10 years toiling in the big bands of Ray McKinley, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey and Herbie Fields, Lutes finally was given a shot in late 1956. The album was called Marcy Lutes: Debut, and the LP might have been forgotten if it wasn't for the arrangers Decca brought in for the date--Gil Evans, Ralph Burns and Marion Evans (no relation)...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Bob Brookmeyer sent this message today: Bill Finegan passed peacefully on today with his son James and his daughter Helen by his side. He was a hero, a dear friend and one of the most gifted arrangers we have ever...
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Who doesn't love a blog that can respond to a reader request for popular music about the A-bomb? With not one or two tunes, but seven....from a variety of artists, including Slim Gaillard, Ray McKinley, gospel's Golden Gate Quartet, and Gene Krupa. I imagine twindowlicker is someone who has lived at the same address for a great many years. As I have found, moving around a lot and a large collections...
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